Instruction No. 53 of the Federal Forest Service on assessment of damages caused by forest fires.

This Instruction establishes the modalities of the assessment of damages caused by forest fires to forest fund and to forests not pertaining thereto. Total damages caused by forest fires include: (a) cost of loss of standing timber related to middle-aged forest stand, ripening forest stand, mature forest stand and overaged forest stand; (b) damages caused to young growth of natural and artificial origin; (c) damages caused to secondary forest management; (d) forest fire control cost; (e) forest